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The act of repairing a newly purchased item that arrived damaged.
A consumer using already-owned equipment on a newly purchased item for the benefit of making the new item work the way it was advertised to work.
Opting to repair, adjust or modify a brand new purchase, or part of a brand new purchase, with pre-owned items, rather than returning the substandard item (lemon) for a refund or exchange.
The act of purchasing equipment for the sole purpose of repairing, adapting, altering, adjusting or modifying a newly purchased item so it can function the way it was advertised, rather than returning the item for a refund or exchange.
"This vacuum doesn't suck!! Here's the problem! There's a hole in the hose. Instead of returning it, I'll just lemon-rig it with duct tape."
"That's a brand new car!! Are you seriously going to lemon-rig it with red fingernail polish instead of sending it back for a paint job?"
"...But I just bought these chairs and they are scratching up my floors! The end caps are cheap! The metal is poking through! I don't want to waste time sending them back; besides, I love these chairs and we have a party in two days! I'll go to the hardware store and buy some decent end caps. Why waste time when I can just lemon-rig it?"
A swift removal of a tastebud from a candy crevice cut. This causes your tongue to bleed, and soreness for a day or two.
"Ouch! This stupid candy cane just gave me a tastebudectomy from a crevice cut! That smarts!"
"My friend can't eat right now. He's recovering from a tastebudectomy from a candy crevice cut."
1. The sound of the ringtone is too enjoyable to answer the call.
2. The song selected for the ringtone is so mesmerizing, the call recepient chooses to listen to the song over the voice of the caller.
3. When a phone rings, and the recipient becomes so engaged in the song, he forgets to answer the call.
4. The recipient of a call cannot answer the phone because his urges require him to complete the song.
5. The act of choosing to listen to the ringtone over engaging in a conversation with the caller revealed on Caller ID.
1. "Please leave a message: 'Greg! I know you're listening to that stupid song you like so much!! Please change my ringtone to something annoying and end the ringtone hypnosis!'
2. "You haven't spoken to your mother in months, man!"..."I know. It's ringtone hypnosis. I WANT to talk to her, but I just have to let the song play out."
3. "I'm sorry I missed your call. I caught a touch of ringtone hypnosis. It won't happen again. I'm changing the ringtone."
4. "That's your boss! Answer it!" ... "I want to, but you know...ringtone hypnosis"
5. "Dude! Ain't that your girl?"..."Yeah, but I like this song. I can talk to her later."..."They have a word for that, now, you know! It's called 'ringtone hypnosis', dude!"
Aka: plastic grocery bag, plastic bag; a plastic grocery bag that is easily caught by the wind and ends up in treetops. This event can occur when shoppers are careless about their environment, and throws bags on the ground. It can also be caused by spilling out of overflowing trash cans, and cars filled with junk, often unbeknownst to vehicle occupants, as they step out on the ground.
Urban kites occur mostly in the city, due to the higher number of shoppers and higher urban kite:consumer ratio. Urban kites can be seen in rural districts on occasion, but country folk are not in a hurry, and therefore, have more time to prevent and/or correct urban kite flying.
Urban kites are often used as trash bags, lunch bags and cheap totes, which help prevent them from ending up in trees.
Johnny, close the car door and grab that urban kite that's stuck on your foot. Do you want it to end up in the trees?
Look at all those urban kites dancing in the tree tops! That one on the left is new.